Viitasaari
Viitasaari | |
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Town | |
Viitasaaren kaupunki Viitasaari stad | |
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Coordinates: 63°04′30″N 025°51′35″E / 63.07500°N 25.85972°ECoordinates: 63°04′30″N 025°51′35″E / 63.07500°N 25.85972°E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Central Finland |
Sub-region | Saarijärvi–Viitasaari sub-region |
Charter | 1635 |
Town privileges | 1996 |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Janne Kinnunen |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 1,589.13 km2 (613.57 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,248.70 km2 (482.13 sq mi) |
• Water | 340.43 km2 (131.44 sq mi) |
Area rank | 59th largest in Finland |
Elevation | 140 m (460 ft) |
Population (2021-03-31)[2] | |
• Total | 6,093 |
• Rank | 154th largest in Finland |
• Density | 4.88/km2 (12.6/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 99.1% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.2% |
• Others | 0.7% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 11.6% |
• 15 to 64 | 51.9% |
• 65 or older | 36.5% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Postal code | 44500 |
Area code(s) | (+358) 01 |
Municipal tax rate[5] | 21% |
Website | www |
Viitasaari is a town and municipality of Finland.
It is located in the Central Finland region. The town has a population of 6,093 (31 March 2021)[6] and covers an area of 1,589.13 square kilometres (613.57 sq mi) of which 340.43 km2 (131.44 sq mi) is water.[1] There are all together 230 lakes in Viitasaari. Biggest lakes are Lake Keitele, Lake Kolima and Muuruejärvi.[7] The population density is 4.88 inhabitants per square kilometre (12.6/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Politics[]
Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Viitasaari:
- Centre Party 32.5%
- Social Democratic Party 26.2%
- True Finns 16.6%
- National Coalition Party 9.9%
- Left Alliance 5.5%
- Christian Democrats 5.5%
- Green League 2.6%
Sister cities[]
The following cities or municipalities are twinned with Viitasaari:[8][9]
- Nõo Parish, Estonia
- Staffanstorp Municipality, Sweden
- Storuman Municipality, Sweden
- Sør-Odal, Norway
- Schlangen, Germany
- Rokietnica, Poland
See also[]
- Blue Highway, an international tourist route
References[]
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M03*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003-2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "Population by municipality as of 31 December 2006". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Viitasaari". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "Ystävyyskunnat" (in Norwegian). City of Viitasaari. Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
- ^ "Välissuhted" (in Estonian). Nõo vald. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
External links[]
Media related to Viitasaari at Wikimedia Commons
- Town of Viitasaari – Official website
Categories:
- Viitasaari
- Cities and towns in Finland
- Populated places established in 1635
- 1635 establishments in Sweden
- Western Finland Province geography stubs